1857. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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upon all subjects, and a development of individual 

 character, which are wholly impossible under cir- 

 cumstances which are the reverse of all these. The 

 condition of woman, too, in this country, is widely 

 different from that in Europe. The conditioa of 

 woman is one of the most certain indications of the 

 degree of civilization in any country. In most of 

 the farming districts in Europe, women labor in the 

 open air, with the hoe and the spade, in company 

 with men. They not only hold the plow and shov- 

 el manure, but they may be seen drawing in the 

 same team with the donkey and the ox. The ef- 

 fect upon them is that they become even more 

 masculine than the men. 



In this country women do not engage in out- 

 door labor. They are treated with the greatest 

 tenderness and indulgence. It is considered a dis- 

 grace to a man to treat a woman with neglect or 

 rudeness. Females in this country consider such 

 attentions not as favors, but as rights. And he 

 was sorry to say they were sometimes received with 

 little grace or gratitude. He had seen a young 

 girl accept a seat in a rail car, offered to her by a 

 venerable gentleman,who was obliged to 8tand,while 

 she quietly occupied his seat, without even a single 

 expression of thankfulness. 



Female youth share all the advantages of educa- 

 tion with the other sex, and thus are prepared to 

 become better companions and mothers, and to 

 shed around their homes the sweet sunlight of gen- 

 tleness and intelligence. 



He then went on to draw a comparison between 

 the life of a farmer and that of men of other pur 

 suits, and here he gave a masterly analysis of the 

 character of Amos Lawrence. He pronounced a 

 fine eulogy upon his virtues, and then showed that 

 Mr. Lawrence was compelled, in accordance with 

 the inexorable laws of life, to pay the full price of 

 success. The most intense application to business. 

 and constant and harrassing anxiety, by day and by 

 night, so completely exhausted his constitution and 

 broke down his physical energies, tha' for the last 

 21 years of his life he was obliged to weigh and 

 measure his food, and while his table was loaded 

 with luxuries, and he was dispensing the most lib- 

 eral hospitality to his friends, he would himself 

 dine upon a few spoonsful of gruel and an ounce of 

 bread, and while he was stretched upon a bed of 

 down, he would envy the beggar upon his door 

 stone. 



This was the price he paid for the million of dol- 

 lars he left to his heirs. In this connection he re- 

 ferred to the present state of affairs among the mer- 

 cantile and manufacturing classes, and the rever- 

 ses that have come over hundreds, who thirty days 

 ago were rolling in wealth, and believed that their 

 mountain stood strong. Now their foundations 

 are swept away, and they have nothing to look to 

 for the remainder of life, but some ill-paid clerk 



ship, or a government office, held by an uncertain 

 tenure. He then drew a picture of a successful, 

 independent, and contented farmer, who pursued 

 the even tenor of his way, unaffected by the storms 

 that disturb the commercial atmosphere, snd ex- 

 horted the farmers, and especially the young far- 

 mers, to be contented with their calling, and to 

 gratify their ambitious aspirings by improving their 

 farms, and their stock, and elevating the character 

 of their profession. The address was interspersed 

 with anecdotes, and enlivened by that genial hu- 

 mour which is so characteristic of its author, and 

 was admirably adapted to the occasion and the 

 times. 



The dinner-table was enlivened by music, senti- 

 ments, and speeches from several individuals. Gen- 

 tlemen from various parts of the State were pres- 

 ent, who took a part in the festivities of the occa- 

 sion. The grounds for the exhibition of the cattle, 

 sheep, and horses, were some mile and a half from 

 the village, and on which was a mile track for testing 

 the speed of horses. This distance separated the 

 departments of the show, and, we think, always 

 has a prejudicial influence upon it, as there is not only 

 the fatigue to be encountered, but a loss of time 

 which cannot be afforded on such occasions. Every-, 

 thing should be as compact as possible, and half a 

 dozen acres is sufiicient for a handsome and proper 

 exhibition of the largest county society in New 

 England. A short march to some church for the 

 address is well enough, but everything else, the ex- 

 hibition hall, the spading match, the horses, oxen, 

 swine, sheep, poultry, drawing, and plowing, if pos- 

 sible, should be within the enclosure. .So far as we 

 heard an expression of opinion, it was decidedly 

 against the trials, of horses for speed at our cattle 

 shows. We believe the "sober second thought" of 

 our people will soon set this matter right. The of- 

 ficers of the society, Gov. Cushman, and other gen- 

 tlemen, will please accept thanks for their kind at- 

 tentions during our stay in their beautiful town. 



For the New England Farmer 



IMSECTS ON KOSE BUSHES. 



A subscriber to your esteemed publication, the 

 Farmer, solicits information from your kind selves, 

 or some of your readers, as to subject following. 

 During the last spring, I set out some one hundred 

 choice rose bushes, which without a solitary excep- 

 tion flourished well. But about the month of August, 

 a small white or light green insect attacked them, 

 and have now nearly consumed their entire leaves. 

 With the raked eye this insect appears larger at 

 the head, tapering to the extremity. Under the glass 

 of the microscope it resembles the garden grass- 

 hopper. If the bush be shaken, the insects staitle 

 off, but instantly turn back to the places disturbed 

 from, and recommence depredations. 



Can you, Mr. Editor, or your readers, inform me 

 what this insect is, and the best and surest way of 

 effectually destroying them ? Koxburt. 



